Table 2.
Area under the curve (AUC) for the prediction of spontaneous passage of a ureteral stone with different measurements — Subgrouped according to position in the ureter
| Measures | Upper stones | Lower stones | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 weeks | 20 weeks | 4 weeks | 20 weeks | |||||||||
| AUC | 95% CI | AUC | 95% CI | AUC | 95% CI | AUC | 95% CI | |||||
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||
| Length (aut) | 0.89 | 0.81 | 0.97 | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.95 | 0.80 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.92 |
| Width (aut) | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.97 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.95 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.70 | 0.89 |
| Area (aut) | 0.87 | 0.78 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.96 | 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.89 |
| Circumference (aut) | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.97 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.96 | 0.78 | 0.68 | 0.87 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.89 |
| Volume (aut) | 0.90 | 0.82 | 0.97 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.96 | 0.78 | 0.69 | 0.88 | 0.82 | 0.73 | 0.91 |
| Surface (aut) | 0.90 | 0.82 | 0.97 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.96 | 0.79 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.73 | 0.91 |
| Length (manual) | 0.89 | 0.81 | 0.97 | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.95 | 0.79 | 0.69 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.73 | 0.92 |
| Width (manual) | 0.92 | 0.85 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.73 | 0.93 |
Length = Longest stone axis, width = largest diameter perpendicular to the long axis, area = cross-sectional area perpendicular to the long axis, circumference = circumference perpendicular to the long axis, volume = stone volume, surface = total surface area
(aut) = Automated 3D segmentation based measurement. (manual) = Mean of three readers manual estimations of stone size